Avalokitesvara

This quote from Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh talks about Avalokitesvara, the bodhisattva of compassion. A bodhisattva is a being who forgoes his own enlightenment in order to help other beings awaken. “There is a Bodhisattva, whose name is Avalokitesvara, in Vietnamise we call her Quan The Âm, in Chinese, Quan Yin. It means: ‘Listening […]